Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia. 1916-12-12. Tents of the wireless stations of the 1st Wireless Signal ...

Place Middle East: Iraq, Kut el Amara
Accession Number P00562.018
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia. 1916-12-12. Tents of the wireless stations of the 1st Wireless Signal Squadron with the British Riverhead and Advanced Base at Arab Village near Kut. The wireless stations were attached to the British Cavalry Division (6th and 7th Cavalry Brigades), Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force, prior to the advance to the Hai. Note the bridge leading to Felayieh in the background. (Donor B. Simes)